colleen harris plans on avoiding the store is altogether. it's not that he will by his loved ones gifts. he just wants to do it with a few clicks of the comfort of the cabbage instead of the old fashioned way. ninety five two hundred percent of the christmas gifts i'm giving this year will be bought online. he chooses online sites instead of hitting brick and mortar outlets mainly for convenience i love the fact that. i can have great gifts i'm buying to my home. he also voiced the crowds and often get a better price. in some states you can even avoid paying sales taxes on online purchases. shopping habits are part of a growing trend in the us. according to research group comscore on line sales rise twenty two percent to five point three billion dollars over the thanksgiving to cyber monday holiday. that's a record high. and that's just for purchases made on desktops. a growing number of electronic purchases are now being made by a mobile devices like smartphones and tablets from brick and mortar outlets without an online presence. the trend